The nasty wound to the top of his head is visible as Spurs fan Ashley Mills leaves hospital.

He nearly died in an attack in a Rome bar two weeks ago and underwent surgery after being stabbed in the groin.

He left the San Camillo hospital in a wheelchair. Mr Mills, 25, was knifed when Italian thugs shouting anti-Semitic chants burst into the Drunken Ship pub in Rome before Tottenham’s Europa League match against Lazio.

Mr Mills said: “My leg is a lot better now and that’s the main thing.”

Dr Piergiorgio Cao said his femoral artery had been gashed and he could have died if he had not been operated on immediately.